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Bofjdanoff, B. Cauc. p. lib {\fi7Vi : Crimea; Caucasus: Aialu- 

 Casp. ; Tluau Shan; Russian Son<,'aiia ) : Butler, Vat. B. Siml, etc. 

 p. 70 (IHrO); Ler/f/e, B. Ceiflon, p. 1165 (1879); Hume, Str. F. 

 viii. p. 114 (1879) ; Sculh,, t. c. pp. yfil, ;l(i(; (Xepal Valley, breed- 

 mr) ; Bohj, t. c. p. ?,1-1 (Ivi^terii Narra); Butler, Cat. B. k Bomb. 

 Pres.-p.H4 (1880); Vidal, Str. F. is. p. ill (1880: S. Koukaii); 

 B.Grai/, Proc. Roy. P/n/.s. Soc. Erli?ib. 1880, p. 3o5 (Clackmannan) ; 

 Biddulph, Ibi.% 1881, p. 09 (Gilgit, May); Scully, t. c. p. 592; 

 Builer, Str. F. ix. p. 4;3.j (1881 : Deccan) ; Beid, Str. F. x. p. 70 

 (1881: Lucknow); Bocaye, Orn. An//oln, p. 449 (1881: Mossa- 

 medes; llio Coroca ; Ilunibe) ; M ihu-Ed wards ^- (irandid. Hid. 

 :Sat. Madatj., Ois. p. 504, pis. ccxxyiii. & ccxxix! (Iss2); Butler, 

 Fedden, df Beid, Zool. li'f^-l, p. ;344 (Natal j; Hduh ^- von Pelz. 

 Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. ]). 277 (1882); SJielley, Ibis, 1882, p. 364 

 (-Mashooua-land) ; Blakist. cS- Pnyer, B. Japan, p. 117 (1882: 

 throug-hout the Islands); JDr/nidson, Str. F. x. p. 324 (1882: 

 AV. Kliandeish); B. O. F. List Brit. B. p. 110 (1883); Seebohni, 

 His, 188.-i, p. 32 (Caucasus, breedino-) ; Parker, t. c. pp. 194, 195 

 (Ceylon) ; Seebohm, t. c. p. 398 (Dobmdscha, bi-eedin-r) ; Dadson, 

 Str. F. X. p. 417 (1883 : Wyuaad) ; Sharpe, ed. Laijcird's H. S. Afr. 

 p. 724(1884): Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 229 (1884: 

 Shoa) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 2 (Plumstead marshes, Kent) ; 

 Saunders, ed. larrelCs Brit. B. iy. p. 19o (1884); Er„/le Clarke, 

 Ibis, 1884, p. 146 (Obedska Bara ; Dobanoyci, breeding) ; Aijres, 

 i.e. p. 233 (Potchefstroom) ; Seebohm, t. c. p. 2(38 (Kiiukiang) ; 

 Tnstr. Faun. Sf Flor. Palest, p. Ill (1884: Lakes Huleh and 

 CTennesaret) ; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 276 (1884); 

 Vorderm. X. T. Xederl. Ind. xliy. ].. 2(J2 (1884: Jaya) ; White- 

 head, Ibis, ls8o, p. 44 (Corsica) ; Su-inh. S; Barnes, t. c. p. 136 

 (Mhow) ; Fisc'her, J.f. 0. 1880, p. 118 ( Wapokomoland) ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1886, p. 491 (Fao), p. 499 (Bushire) ; Gigl. Avif. Hal. pp. 285, 

 541 (1886); Salvad. Eleiico Ucc. Hal. p. 246 (1886); Beichen. 

 J.f. O. 1887, p. 50 (Kagehi) ; Koenif/. J.f. O. 1888, p. 275 

 ( Tunis) ; Hume, Str. F. xi. p. 337 (1888 : Manipur) ; Lilford, 

 Col. Fig. Brit. B. pt. yii. (1888); St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 178 

 (Candahar); Lilford, t.c. p. 344 (Limasol, Cyprus) ; Giql. Avif. 

 Hal., 1st Besoc. p. 444 (1889); Saunders, Man. Brit. B. p. 367 

 (1889); Beichen. Syst. Verz. Vofj. Deut.^chl. p. 41 (1889); id. 

 J. f. O. 1889, p. 268 (Quilimane); Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. 

 Nederl. Ind. xlix. p. 417 (1889: Sumatra); Brusina, Motr. etc. 

 (Orn. Croatira), p. 74 (1890); Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, pp. 148, 285 

 (Labuan) ; A'oenig. J. f O. 1890, p. 313 (Madeira) ; Steere, List 

 Mawm. .y Birds Philipp. E.vped. p. 27 (1890 : Luzon) : Giyl. Avif 

 Hal, ■2nd Besoc. p. 656 (1890), Zrd Besoc. p. 514 (1891) ; Sharpe, 

 Sci. Pes. '2nd Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 125 (1891) ; Styan, Ibis, l89l, 

 pp. 327, 493 (Lower Yanprtse) ; Dresser, t. c. p. 369 (Erzeroom) ; 

 Sibree, Ibis, 1892, p. 117 (Madagascar) ; De la louche, t. c. p. 487 

 (Poochow and S\vatow); Hartert, t. c. p. 512 (E. Prus.-^ia, breed- 

 ing); Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 29 (Mpimbi, Upper Shiie) ; Meade 

 n aide, t. c. p. 198 (Canary Is.) ; Rose. t. c. p. 420 (Lake Ansok, 

 _ Baram, breeding) ; Styan, t. c. p. 434 (Hainan). 



iS'ycterodius nycticorax, Maryiil. Man. Brit. B. ii. p. 147 (1842). 



The Night Heron, Yarrell, Brit. B. ii. p. 485 (1843). 



Nycticorax n;eyius. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 558 (1847) ; Leofaud, Ois. 

 Tnnid. p. 431 (1866) ; Scl. ^- Salr. P. Z. S. 1873. p. ;!05 (Upper 

 and Lo\yer Ucayali) ; Salv. Ibis, 1886, p. 170 (British Guiana). 



Nycticorax nycticorax, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mm. Berol. p. 90 (1854) ; 

 Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 496 (1884); id. Ibis, 1887, p. 181 



